XIX Iberian Congress and XV Ibero-American Congress on Solar Energy (CIES 2024)

Dear Colleagues,

Within the framework of the climate emergency evidence that we now face and that marks the political and media agendas on a national, regional and global scale and the affirmation of solar energy as one of the main pillars of the Energy Transition, CIES'2024 ensures the continuity of a forum for technical and scientific discussion in this domain that has spanned more than four decades.

Today, solar energy, thermal and photovoltaic, is a renewable energy alternative to wind in terms of renewable resource and management. The scientific community is supporting continuous advances in improving known technologies and totally disruptive concepts.

Some examples of new advances are improvements to new cell concepts, new thermal fluids, new thermodynamic cycle concepts, etc. Collecting information on these new advances in CSP is one of the goals of this Special Issue, focusing on the following ideas:

• Solar thermal energy;
• Photovoltaics;
• Energy management and storage;
• Solar resource;
• Sustainable solar buildings;
• Smart solar communities and cities;
• Education, software, training and teaching of renewable energies;
• Solar energy for the development and improvement of society.

Prof. Dr. Javier Muñoz Antón
Dr. Ramón Pujol-Nadal
Prof. Dr. Iván Alonso de Miguel
Dr. Andreu Antoni Moià Pol
Guest Editors

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